Paper box



(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1.

J. TIGRAW.

PAPER BOX.

No. 502,457. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

WITNESSES. INVENTOR A TTORNE YS.

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 2.

J. T. GRAW.

PAPER BOX.

No. 502,457. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

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[No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 3.

J. T. ORAW.

PAPER BOX.

No. 502,457. Patented Aug. 1, 1893.

W/TNESSES.

A TTORNEYS.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH T. CRAYV, OF JERSEY CITY, NEW JERSEY.

PAPER BOX.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 502,457, dated August1, 1893.

Application filed September 9, 1892. Serial No. 445.430. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH T. CRAW, of Jersey City, in the county ofHudson and State of New Jersey, have inventeda new and usefulImprovementin Paper Boxes, of which the following is a full, clear, andexact descripti'on.

My invent-ion relates to an improvement in paper boxes, and has for itsobject to provide a blank in one piece capable of being expeiitiouslyand conveniently folded to assume the shape of a Noahs ark; and afurther object of the invention is to provide a box shaped as abovedescribed in which articles may be packed without danger of the boxcoming open unless it is desirable to reach the contents thereof.

The invention consists in the novel construction and combination oftheseveral parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth and pointed out inthe claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar figures and letters of referenceindicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the blank folded out straight. Fig. 2 is aplan view of the blank pasted and folded for transportation. Fig. 3 is aperspective view of the blank, illustrating the first fold in theformation of the ark. Fig. 4 is a central vertical section takenpractically on the line 44 of Fig. 3. Fig. 5

vis a central vertical section through the partially folded box,illustrating the position of the parts before the final move or fold ismade. Fig. 6 is a View similar to Fig. 5, illustrating the box whencompletely folded. Fig. 7 is a perspective view of the ark. Fig. 8 is aplan viewof another form of the blank; and Fig. 9 is a perspective viewof the ark when folded from the blank shown in Fig. 8.

In the construction of the blank it is made somewhat L-shaped, theshorter member A being wider than the longer member B. The wider andshorter member A, is cut and scored in the following manner: One endsection of this member, designated as 10, is narrower than the othersections, whereby a shoulder 11, is produced at each side; and thesection 10, which is for use as a locking section is divided from theother sections of the member A by a transverse score line 12.- The nextsection of the memberA, is denominated the roof section, and isdesignated as 13. This section is bounded by the score line 12 and aparallel score line 14; and the roof section is further provided with asingle score line 15, upon which the section is bent to form the pitchof the roof, and near the ends of the score line 15 the said line iscrossed-byshort cuts 16. The score lines 12,13 and 14 are parallel.immediately follows the roof section, and is a side section of thestructure when erected, it being designated as 17; and the side sectionis separated from the lower section of the member A, or that portion atthe end opposite that carrying the locking section 10, by a score line18, and the lower section, or the one immediately following the sidesection and designated as 19, is adapted as a tie sec-' At the extremeouter end of the side section 17 an extension 20 is produced, adaptedfor use in connecting the ends of the blank. In the longer and narrowerme mber B six sections are contained and they are combinedly arranged toform substantially a rectanglilar figure. These sections comprise endmembers 21 and 22, adapted'to constitute the end portions of thestructure, inner stay sections 23 and 24 below the end sections, abottom section 25 located between the stay sections, and a side section26, adapted in the folded box to be located opposite the correspondingsection 17, located in the memher A.

Two cuts 27 and 28 separate the inner stay section from the tie section19, and from the inner end section of the blank; a score line 29,separates the inner end section of the blank from the side section 17,and a like score line 30, constitutes the division between the inner endsection and the side section of the member B of the blank, the sidesection 26 of this member being separated from the bottom section by alongitudinal score line 31, and a transverse score line 32 separates theouter end section from the side section of the member B, a registeringscore line 33 serving the purpose of defining the outer stay sectionfromthe bottom'section' 25, while a The next section ofthe member A out 34,separates the outer end and outer stay sections. would be its outer orfree end, is provided with two,cuts located parallel, forming tabs 35,which are adapted in the complete structure to enter the slots 16produced in the roof section 13; and from each of the tabs- 35 diagonalscore lines 36, are projected in opposite directions.

Although it is preferred that the blank shall be made entirely of onepiece of material as shown in Fig. 8, two pieces may be used, as shownin Figs. 1 and 2; and in the latter event the extra piece 37, is pointedat its ends, and this body portion is of substantially the same size asthe bottom section 25 of the blank; the body of the extra piece isadapted to be glued or otherwise secured to the bottom section 25, itspointed ends extending beyond the ends of the bottom section to form thebow or stern of the ark.

In the construction of the ark, the side extension 20, is glued orotherwise secured to the inner face of the outer end section 21, andwhen the blank is to be transported itis folded as shown in Fig. 2, inwhich it will be observed that what is actually the body of the ark,after having been connected in the manner above set forth,is folded ordoubled down upon itself.

In the formation of the ark it is erected in the following manner: Thatportion'constitoting the sides and ends is bent downward upon a support,one side resting upon the support as shownin Fig. 3. The member A of theblank will then be uppermost, and the tie section is bent downward andinward as shown in the said Fig. 3, over the bottom portion of the sidesand ends. The stay sections are then bent upon the bottom section uponthe score lines 33, as is likewise shown in 3; the bottom section isnext carried upward against the lower portions of the sides and ends ofthe box, and the tie section consequently carried inward as the bottomsection is carried upward. The tie section is then folded up along oneof the sides of the box and the stay sections are folded in like manner,one against each end section of the box; the tie section is then carrieddownward to an engagement with the bottom section and thus locks thestay sections in their places. in Fig. 4 the tie section is shown aselevated and just about to be folded down upon the bottom to form abrace for the stay sections at the ends of the box. After this has beenaccomplished the body of the box is substan tially formed. The next stepin folding is to bend the upper edges of the stay sections downward, asindicated in Figs. 5 and 6, upon the score lines 36, bringing a tab 35into prominence. The inclined edges of the stay sections are adapted assupports for the roof section of the box, and when the stay sectionshave been thus manipulated, the roof section is folded down and creasedupon its central score line 15, and it will then assume Each staysection adjacent to what' znarginsof theroofsection 13.

an angular form or the shape of a pitched roof, and is locked in placeby the tabs 35 entering the cuts 16 in the roof section. The looking orlip section 10, which forms a portion of the roof section, is thenpressed inward to an engagement with the front side of the box, and thissection 10, may be of sulficient width to engage with the bottom of thebox when the roof closes the same. The ark or box will then appear asshown in Fig. 7, in which it will be observed that no matter wit-h whatmaterial the box may be filled, the roof will not be lifted by theshifting of the material in the box, but access to the interior of thebox may be easily obtained by raising the roof from the body of the box.

A box of the character above described is especially adapted for thereception of crackers and like articles made in the shape of animals,and candy, and the box is capable of being expeditiously andconveniently set up by any person of ordinary intelligence. A Noahs arkis likewise formed from the blank shown in Fig. 8, and there is but aslight difference between this blank and that shown in Fig. 1, the onlydifference being that no extra piece is used at the bottom of the box,the blank being made entirely from one piece.

The main difference in the formation of the blank consists in producinga triangular cut 38 in each stay section, emanating from the score lines33 dividing those sections from the bottom section 25, and in producingcuts 31), preferably of a semi-circular shape, at the score lines 153and 14 constituting the side 3y this means tabs 40,are producethwhichgreatly facilitate the manipulation of the roof of the ark in theopening and closing of it.

The only difference in folding the box to shape, when the blank shown inFig.8 is employed, consists in the fact that before the said sectionsare carried upward within the box body, the parts detached from thosesections by the cuts 38, are maintained in alignment with the bottomsection 25, and those portions outlined by the cuts 38 constitute thebow and stern sections 41 of the ark.

Having thus described my invention, 1 claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent 1. A blank for formingaNoahs ark formed from anL-shape sheetthe body formingmetnber B of which is creased andsubdividedinto bottom, side, and triangular end-forming sections 2324.,the said end forming sections provided at their opposite ends or pointswith roof locking projections 35 and the roof forming member A having alongitudinal folding line 15 for the ridge of the roof, transverse slitsl6 intersecting said line 15 to receive the projections 35,substantially as set forth.

2. in a paper box adapted to be shaped substantially as a Noahs ark, ablank of essentially L-shapc, one member coinprisingabottom and a toplocking section located at opposite ends of the member, and anintermediate side and a roof section, the sections of the member beingdivided by score lines, the other member of the blank comprising acentrally located bottom and a side section, end and stay sectionslocated at the ends of the side and bottom sections, the stay sectionsbeing provided with cuts of angular shape adjacent to the ends of thebottom section, and score lines dividing the several sections of saidmember, whereby the bottom section when the stay sections'are folded uptherefrom, will have projections from its ends, as and for the purposeset -forth.

3. In a paper box adapted to be shaped essentially as a Noahs ark, ablank of essentially L-shape, one member A, comprising a bottom and atop locking section located at opposite ends of the said member, and twointermediate sections, a roof and a side section, the several sectionsbeing separated from one another by score lines, and the roof sectionhaving a score line through its center and cuts across the said line,and the member B of the blank comprising a central bottom and a sidesection one arranged at one'side of the other and separated by scorelines, end sections located one at each side of the side section andseparated from the side section and from the member A by score lines, astay section located at each end of the bottom section and separatedfrom the end sections and from the member A by cuts, the said staysections being provided with cuts arranged to form tabs, and score linesextending diagonally across the stay sections from said cuts,substantially as and for the purpose specified.

substantially 4. A paper box comprising sides and ends, a bottom and anangular cover, and tabs projected from the ends and carried upwardthrough the cover, the ends being shaped to conform to the inner contourof the cover, as and for the purpose set forth.

5. A paper box consisting of sides, ends and a bottom, the bottom havingextensions projecting beyond the ends, and the sidesbeing beveled attheir upper edge at each side of the center and provided with tabsemanating from their central portion, and a cover angular in crosssection and provided with openings adapted to receive the tabs of thesides, substantially as shown and described.

6. A paper box constructed of one piece of material and comprising sidesand ends, a bottom provided with extensions projecting beyond the endportions of the box, stay pieces in close conjunction with the innerfaces of the sides and extending upward beyond them, the said staypieces having their edges inclined in opposite directions and providedwith tabs extending upward from the inclined surfaces, a lockin g striplocated upon the bottom, between the stay strips, a cover having ahinged connection with one of the sides and provided with a lockingflap, the cover being shaped in cross section to correspond to the shapeof the stay strips at their upper edges, the cover being also providedwith openings to receive the tabs, as and for the purpose set forth.

JOSEPH T. CRAVV.

Witnesses:

C. SEDGWICK, E. M. CLARK.

